Abstract

Philip Baker deposes on behalf of Giles Allen in Cuthbert Burbage's lawsuit against Allen. Baker says that Allen told him that James Burbage delivered a new lease which Allen refused to sign on the grounds that the new lease was not 'verbatim agreeable' with the terms of the original, and that Burbage was behind on his rent. In this and other questions, Baker answers that Allen's word is the only source of his knowledge of the events in question. He has no knowledge of the cost or state of improvements to the Theatre properties made by the Burbages, but has heard that John Brayne was involved in financing the Theatre. Baker does affirm that Burbage has dealt fairly with his tenants, because he was one of Burbage's tenants.